Car-dump.



PATEN'I'BD MAR. 6, 1906.

C. S. LEPPBRTS.

(IAR DUMP.

APPLIUATION FILED APB.a.19o5.

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C. S. LEPFERTS. CAR DUMP. APPLIOATION FILED APR.s.19o5.

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BLUFFS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- NEBRASKA.

CAR-DUMP.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented March e, 1906.

Application iiled 'April 8, 1905. Serial No. 254,599.

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` Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LEFFER'rs, a citizen of the United States, residing at county of Pottawattamic, State of Iowa, have invented certain 4 new and useful Improvements in Car-Dumps, of which the following 1s a specification.

, contents may doors of a car my invention and Ving the car, as w1ll 'comprises This invention relates to means for empt ing cars of their contents, and has for its o ject the provision of apparatus whereby the be discharged through the side constructed as freight-cars are usually constructed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a car equipped according to apparatus for manipulatbe hereinafter set forth. Fig. 2 1s a sectional Fig. 1 looking in the direction of and Fig. 3 is a view of a detail.

v. Referring to the drawings, the apparatus a car A and apparatus B, by which the car may be tilted. The car coperates with a Guide C, by which the exit of the contents olSl the car through the side doors is accomplished. I

Referrin to the apparatus shown in detail, a freig t-car A, constructed in any suitable manner and having side doors 1 and 2, is adapted to be run upon a tilting table '3, provided with a rail-track 4, adapted t0 guide the car upon the table in a manner as is well known in connection with railway turn-tables. The table 3 is mounted upon an axle 5, which extends transversely to the rail-track upon the table, so that by tipping the table upon thev axle the car will be inclined longitudinally. To accomplish the tipping of the table upon its axle, a suitable exible connector 8, as a rope or sprocket-chain, is secured at its ends to the table, as shown, and after passing over guide-pulleys 9 and 10 is secured to a driving-wheel 11, which may be driven by any suitable power. The connector 8 is so engaged with the wheel 11 that upon turning of the wheel one end of the connector will be paid out, so as to permit the corresponding end of the table to be lowered, While the other end of the connector will be retracted, so as to lift its end of the table. It will thus be obvious that the direction which the Wheel 11 is revolved will determine the direction in which the table is inclined and that when the wheel 11 is stathe arrow,

p tionary the table 3 will view on the line a b ofk be held in whatever position it may be, whether inclined or horizontal, by means of the connector 8.

The guide C comprises oppositely-inclined portions 12 and 13, 'which unite to form a V-shaped member extending from one side of a door upon one side of a car to the corresponding side of the door upon the opposite side of the car. The members 12 and 13 may be secured together by any suitable fastenings, as 14, and may be similarly secured to the sides of the -doors by fastenings 15.

In order to prevent contents of the car from being spilled upon the ground by being too far, the outer ends of the memoutwa'rdly turned or car cannot be projected beyond approximately the edge of the doorway. The curved ends may be strengthened by means of braces 115, as shown. Handles 16 may be provided upon the members 12 and 13 to facilitate their manipulation.

course suitable means, as scotchin blocks 17, will be provided for preventing the car from being moved with relation to the table when said table is tilted.

he operation of the apparatus may be described as follows: A car having been run upon the table and scotched in position, as shown, the wheel 11 is revolved in the roper direction to tilt the table upon its ax e, and thereby tilt the car longitudinally-that is, endwise. The direction of tilting will of course be such that the contents will flow against the apex of the V-shaped guide, for if tilted in the o posite direction 1t will be obvious that un. outof the way the contents could not escape. The car having been tilted as described, the contents of the upper end of the car will be guided in both directions by the guide C and will simultaneously liow from the side doors 1 and 2 into proper receptacles placed beneath the doorways. The contents of one portion of the carin this case the u per end-having been discharged, the gui e C may be unfastened from the sides of the doors 1 and 2- and reversed`that is, it is secured to the opposite sides of the doors 1 and 2, with its apex pointing in the opposite direction. By turning the wheel 11 1n the olpposite direction the' car Will be opposite y inclined ess the guide were forced IOO IOS

and the contents of another portion of the car-that is, the o posite end from that already cleared-Wi be simultaneousl discharged from both the side doors. T e car contents or any ortion of them having been removed, the ta le may be returned' to its horizontal osition. The car may then be drawn ofi tll rails 4.

While I have illustrated the invention in What is considered its best form, it will be understood that it may be embodied in a variet of constructions. The invention shoul not, therefore, be limited to the construction shown.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a car having an opening in each side, of means for simultaneously guiding contents of said car to said openings when said car is tilted, and means for tilting said car, substantially as described.

2. The combination With a car havingan opening in each side, of means for simultaneously guiding contents of said Vcar to said openings When said car is tilted, and means for longitudinally tilting said car,` substantially as described.

3. The combination With a car having opposite side openings of a V-shaped guide eX- tending Jrrom one side of one opening to the corresponding side of the opposite opening, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a car having a side opening of a diagonal partition adapted e rail-track 4 to a similar trackf exterior toy the table, but registering with the to guide contents ofsaid car to` said openingv when saidcar 1s tilted, said guide having an outwardlyturned ortion near said opening for preventing s ilin of the car contents, substantially as gescri ed.

5. The combination with a car having opposite side openings of a V-shaped guide extending from one side of one opening to the corresponding, side of the op osite opening and havin outwardly-curved) ends projecting beyon said openings, substantially as described.

g 6.v The combination with a car havin a side opening, of a V-shaped guide adapte to guide contents of said car'to said opening, substantially as described. p

7. The combination with a car having a side opening, of a diagonal guide secured to said car and adapted to guide contents of said car to said opening When said car is tilted, substantially as described.

8. The combination Withvav car having a plurality of side openings, of a V-shaped guide comprising a plura ity of members secured to each other and to said car, and adapted to uide contents of said car to said openings W 'en said car is tilted, substantlally as described. 4

In testimony Whereoi I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribin witnesses.

' HARLES S. LEFFERTS.

Witnesses:

A. M. WALKER, D. L. Ross. 

